To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Le Coeur: Bill for the Schooling of Benjamin Franklin Bache, 20 October 1777
From ——— Le Coeur: Bill for the Schooling of Benjamin Franklin Bache9
AD: American Philosophical Society
[October 20, 1777]
| Les deux quartiers de Pension de Mr. Benjamin franklin échus | |
| le quatre du présent | 254 l.t. |
| plus un habit uniforme tout compris | 98.10 |
| 6 paires de bas de cotton a 50 s. font | 15 |
| un Chapeau | 6 |
| neuf paires de souliers | 36 |
| pour les semaines1 | 17.10 |
| pour le Perruquier | 9 |
| Livres de Classes | 3 |
| 439 l.t. |
J’ai reçu de Monsieur franklin Les deux quartiers de Pension de Mr. Benjamin échus Le quatre du présent et le montant du present memoire dont je quitte Mon dit Sieur a Passy Le Vingt Octobre Mil Sept Cent Soixante dix Sept
Le Coeur
Endorsed: Account of Ben’s Schooling
9. We rarely print bills, but this one is revealing enough to warrant an exception. The amounts are all in l.t. BFB started his school or pension (the words were used synonymously) in January with M. d’Hourville: above, XXIII, 112 n. The move to Le Coeur, to judge by the first entry, must have been made made three months later, perhaps because the curriculum was broader; the school taught Greek, Latin, and French, dancing, music, and drawing: Butterfield, John Adams Diary, II, 301; IV, 58.
1. BFB’s weekly allowances.